Chickpea Pulao.

You can have Chickpea Pulao using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chickpea Pulao

1. Prepare 2 cups of basmati rice, soaked for 30 minutes.
2. You need 2 cup of chickpeas boil.
3. You need 1 of medium onion, sliced.
4. Prepare 1 tbsp of cumin seeds.
5. Prepare 1 tbsp of salt, or to taste.
6. You need 6 of whole cloves.
7. Prepare 2 of whole black cardamoms.
8. You need 1 of medium stick cinnamon.
9. You need as needed of oil,.
10. It's as needed of water,.

Chickpea Pulao step by step

1. In a deep pot, heat the oil and add the sliced onions and cumin seeds. Fry till the onions become golden - about 10 minutes. I managed to burn some of my onions - don't do this!.
2. Add a big splash of water and all the spices. Continue to cook this until the onions soften and the water reduced to about half.
3. Add the rice, chickpeas and 3 cups of water.
4. Cook the rice and chickpeas on high heat, stirring once or twice (but not breaking any rice!) until most of the water has dried out..
5. Once the water has dried out, secure a tight fitting lid onto the pot and turn the heat down to the lowest setting, to steam for 10-15 minutes. You can wrap the lid in a clean tablecloth so it absorbs more steam, leading to slightly fluffier and less mushier rice..
6. Allow the rice to rest for 10-15 minutes after steaming, then fluff up before serving warm!.